When is the best weather to shoot a short film?

This is hard to say, it depends on your scene design.

If you need high-illumination daylight to render the atmosphere, that is, on a sunny day, it is usually from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The specific time will be during summer time and winter time. It’s different, but basically in those hours, that is, in the morning and evening, the light quality is soft, which is the most acceptable light environment for the audience, and it is easy to shape the atmosphere and serve the plot and characterization. The sunlight at noon is too strong, the light quality is hard, and the light ratio will be very large. It is difficult to control and control the light, and it is difficult for the lens to control the amount of light entering. If you have to shoot at noon, you must set up a large area of ​​soft light cloth.

Generally speaking, cloudy days are actually the best, because the light ratio for shooting on cloudy days is small, the light amount is uniform, the light intensity and color temperature change slowly, there is no need for frequent metering and dialogue balance, and the scene is Scattered light greatly reduces the risk of overexposure. At the same time, sunlight itself is very strong. As long as outdoor scenes are not filled with dark clouds, it is basically impossible to get too dark. The problem with cloudy days is that the grayscale of the captured images will be very high and the color contrast will be very low. Especially if you shoot with a digital camera, adding a layer of gamma will make it even grayer. When you can shoot, adjust it to rec709 mode. If you can't adjust it, it's not a problem. , as long as you have a better colorist.

In short, according to the director's design, different weather has different shooting methods.